Afterlife ↠ Argent [1]

10. Comfort Zone

It ended up taking Allison two and a half hours to break free. I just ended up sitting there and watching her, offering to try and help every time she groaned in anger. However, every time I tried, she told me no and gave me the same reason why. I wasn't sure how I felt about her saying that she wanted to be a hunter, but I didn't let it bother me too much. I knew that she would do what was right in the end.

As she tried to cut through the rope, I sat on the burnt floor and tried to figure out what my trigger could be. I tried using anger again, but that didn't work. I tried a lot of emotions, but none of them worked either. Maybe it was because they weren't true emotions, but I hope that I'll figure it out soon enough. I have a feeling that I'll need to learn soon.

"You have to climb that?" I say, looking up at a huge rock wall centered in the middle of the school gym.

Allison shrugs. "Shouldn't be that hard."

I raise an eyebrow as she struts away, looking over her shoulder slightly at me. I cock my head slightly as she smiles, causing me to notice that she was doing that strut on purpose. My eyes trail down to her butt before I quickly look up again, trying not to fall for her little plan. She laughs as I roll my eyes slightly, smiling along with her.

She smirks until she walks into someone, the smile on her face disappearing. I cross my arms as I walk closer, seeing a boy that I haven't seen yet. Allison looks up at him with wide eyes as he furrows his eyebrows.

"What were you laughing at?" he says, looking back towards me.

Allison flusters. "I-I was laughing at something someone said."

He looks suspicious for a moment before he shrugs it off. He nods before cocking his head slightly. "I'm Matt by the way."

Allison smiles faintly as she backs away from him, looking a little awkward. "I'm-"

"Allison," he cuts off, smiling at her. Some type of hatred rises in me as he stares at Allison, clearly having a huge crush on her. Allison seems a little creeped out before he speaks quickly. "I only know because I heard that Scott kid talking about you at Lacrosse practices."

Allison raises her eyebrow. "What's he been saying about me?"

He shrugs. "Just about how good of friends you two are."

I walk up and stand behind Allison as I stare at this Matt character, noticing that his forehead was starting to sweat. "Oh, well, we are."

Matt nods before rubbing the back of his head with his hand. "Yeah...Hey, I was wondering if maybe you'd-"

Matt gets cut off as Coach yells. "Allison and Scott are up! Come on, we don't have all day!"

Allison nods towards Matt before running off towards the rock wall, clipping the hook onto the harness around her waist. Scott comes from the crowd as he clips the hook onto his harness as well, looking over at Allison and smiling.

"Ready to do this?" he says, sounding a little cocky.

Allison tugs on her harness for a moment. "I am, are you?"

Scott raises his eyebrow. "What is that supposed to mean?"

Allison laughs. "I mean, are you ready for a girl to beat you?"

"Excuse me?" Scott laughs. "I'm the one with heightened abilities here."

Allison smiles before placing a foot onto one of the rocks. "Yeah, but I've had training, and I'm pretty sure that I can beat you any day."

Scott laughs. "Oh really now? I guess we'll just have to see about that."

I look over and see Coach start his stopwatch before Allison and Scott are off. Allison gets a head start as she quickly and carefully places her hands and feet onto the rocks, getting farther up with every second. For a few seconds, she looked like she was going to win before Scott catches up quickly, practically jumping from each rock to the next. I had to admit, he did have some crazy awesome coordination.